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What are the products of pent-1-ene + hydrogen

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But-1-ene is another unsymmetrical alkene. As with all alkenes, unsymmetrical alkenes like propene react with hydrogen bromide in the cold. The double bond breaks and a hydrogen atom ends up attached to one of the carbons and a bromine atom to the other. In the case of propene, 2-bromopropane is formed.

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